Ray is served by the most up-to-date communications company, Northwest Communications Cooperative providing fiber optic telephone cable, cellular, fax and modem transmission, cable TV, rural wireless cable TV, as well as providing a full internet connection to the area.

People who live in the community have a very strong work ethic and are educated, dependable, and desirable employees.

The Ray community is serviced by Ray Fire Protection District with 25 volunteers and Ray Community Ambulance District with 16 registered Emergency Medical Technicians and 4 volunteer drivers with CPR training.  The nearest hospital is only 15 miles away, with 2 doctors on staff.

Ray has a highly rated 9 hole golf course and newly designed tennis courts. For the hunter, upland game such as ring-necked pheasant and white-tailed deer are abundant. If you are a fisherman the Missouri River can easily be accessed for walleye and northern pike.

The Ray Mall, a community project built in 1976, houses 17 business locations, among them retail, medical, and professional.

Ray is located on US Highway 2, about 45 miles south of Canada and 41 miles east of Montana. Highway 2 is used by 4 major freight carriers. Ray also offers daily piggyback services on Burlington Northern Railroad.